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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Taking place outside of a defined telecommunications frequency band.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
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adj
Transmitted on a different channel, or by a different method, from that of the primary communication channel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
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adj
Relating to communication, such as identity verification, via a method other than the primary means of accessing the software.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: computer security
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adj
Of a value returned by a function: not in its natural range of return values, but rather signaling an exception.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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History
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Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
